tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post5081100769153369199..comments2023-11-05T09:55:13.077+02:00Comments on Itching for Eestimaa: RemontGiustinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-86580188107438666872007-08-13T05:22:00.000+03:002007-08-13T05:22:00.000+03:00"Remont" is like "Tallinna linn" - it cannot be fi..."Remont" is like "Tallinna linn" - it cannot be finished because "ülemiste vanake" (read: upstairs neighbor) will flood you the minute it's done.Ingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443450692113195867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-58798144029801113862007-08-06T09:50:00.000+03:002007-08-06T09:50:00.000+03:00The quote is I believe that remont is not a proces...The quote is I believe that remont is not a process you can finish, but a condition you can escape.antyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-13662503410736784152007-08-05T22:15:00.000+03:002007-08-05T22:15:00.000+03:00I would have imagined that Estonian couples sing "...I would have imagined that Estonian couples sing "Mis värvi on armastus" and "Majake meere ääres" when they do their <EM>remont</EM>.<BR/><BR/>I thought building your house by yourself was even more popular in the US. I met a Russian there at Alhegany and he was fascinated that there was Home Depot, when you can buy everything unexpensively and they even explain you how to do it.<BR/><BR/>As for me, it would be a real pain to do those things. I hope I'll be able to pay someone to do all those things properly.Juan Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997278614759180471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-20265385683620367032007-08-05T21:54:00.000+03:002007-08-05T21:54:00.000+03:00Tartu train station really has looked more like a ...Tartu train station really has looked more like a train wreck than actual station - great that it's finally being renovated. We had our wedding in Jaani kirik back in 2002 and the restoration there was very much half way then, it was actually quite romantic, even symbolic, to have the ceremony in the middle of all those building structures and temporary benches. Now it's finished and a most beautiful church indeed, no money certainly wasted for such purpose...stockholm slenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909107517362691387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-2105614359752490922007-08-05T21:21:00.000+03:002007-08-05T21:21:00.000+03:00Not exactly, as far as I know, Rein Kilk bought th...<I>Not exactly, as far as I know, Rein Kilk bought the train station and restoring old buildings is his hobby.</I><BR/><BR/>God bless you, Kaur. <BR/><BR/><I>But I understood that the Tartu train station burned last September and was pretty much totalled?</I> <BR/><BR/>It was in such bad shape before, who could really tell the difference.Giustinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756707910693785516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-71100760737977450242007-08-05T21:12:00.000+03:002007-08-05T21:12:00.000+03:00But I understood that the Tartu train station burn...But I understood that the Tartu train station <A HREF="http://www.aripaev.ee/3330/uud_uudidx_333004.html?e=mc2&leht_id=3330" REL="nofollow">burned last September</A> and was pretty much totalled?Kristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394211030848077681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-89928367809226391872007-08-05T18:13:00.000+03:002007-08-05T18:13:00.000+03:00Today, as you can see in the above photo, it's all...<I>Today, as you can see in the above photo, it's all coming together, your tax dollars at work.</I><BR/>Not exactly, as far as I know, Rein Kilk bought the train station and restoring old buildings is his hobby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-11071720930111062172007-08-05T16:13:00.000+03:002007-08-05T16:13:00.000+03:00Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.Rein Kuresoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05465030993371711197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-61759519670711283762007-08-05T15:42:00.000+03:002007-08-05T15:42:00.000+03:00Right!Don't kill your wife with household work!Let...Right!<BR/>Don't kill your wife with household work!<BR/>Let the electricity do the job!Wahurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861003012357572291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-667416485328029722007-08-05T15:14:00.000+03:002007-08-05T15:14:00.000+03:00in my short life of 22, I've lived in 5 places, an...in my short life of 22, I've lived in 5 places, and have witnessed/helped to remont 3 of them. not the first because I was brought there as a baby and not the last because it's already as decent as it's gonna get.<BR/><BR/>and yeah... being a family of mainly females (and my brother not at all the handyman type), the Do It Yourself thing is very close to me too;)I am good at painting the walls in nifty brush strokes that makes the wall look like a piece of unobtrusive art, my sis can paint the ceilings gleaming white so that you can't see one tiny bit of the old white any more and my mom is good for everything else starting from rewiring the electricity plugs and ending with putting the wallpaper up.<BR/><BR/>not just the guys of Estonia, see?Dorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942338677951019959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-91552353834976203442007-08-05T13:03:00.000+03:002007-08-05T13:03:00.000+03:00Thats pretty easy to explain.First, in Soviet time...Thats pretty easy to explain.<BR/><BR/>First, in Soviet time service sector was as crappy as it can get. This meant that it was often reasonable to do all kinds of repairs and construction work by oneself. So we still remember, HOW to do many things, and, whats more important, have not forgotten many jobs actually CAN be done without being a pro and its not really so difficult.<BR/><BR/>Second, current revival of DIY is simply due to lack of competent construction people - those who know what they are doing, do it abroad, those who still remain here are either terribly busy, terribly overpaid, dont have a clue or all three together. So again its often wiser to give it a go oneself, rather than fight a bunch of greedy drunken idiots calling themselves a construction company.<BR/><BR/>DIY is especially worth considering, when you want something special - years ago I wanted a stair to my house and had a great design idea, based on two huge ancient ceiling beams and wooden steps set on top of them. Stair company explained that it would cost some 40-50k (8 years ago it was quite a bit more than today) cause they have to take beams to their factory and later bring ready-made stair back. So I fixed the beams with some help of my neighbour, ordered steps and some metal connectors from workshops and did it all by myself. Total budget: 4k + my own time. Still happy (and damn proud).<BR/><BR/>I will end with a hilarious story just heard yesterday.<BR/>Finnish family on a vacation in Saaremaa. Country road in the middle of nowhere. Tyre breaks and, having never changed the tyre family stands miserably on a roadside. Comes another car, they try to stop it. Car stops, out jump two guys and two girls in national clothes. Guys quickly change the tyre, while girls perform Estonian national dances to stunned Finns. Happy end. Welcome to Estonia.Wahurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861003012357572291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13406351.post-15414663777481772492007-08-05T02:40:00.000+03:002007-08-05T02:40:00.000+03:00Lembitu from 'Malev' was a good caricature of such...Lembitu from 'Malev' was a good caricature of such perpetual Estonian remont guys.<BR/><BR/>What am I laughing at? Truth be told, all the men in my sugupuu with 3 execptions (myself included) are these very same eternal remont guys, sans moustaches.LPRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09397977705898254598noreply@blogger.com